Peters



s. H. ROSENBERG.

CORSET.

No. 274,387. Patented Mar. 20, 1883.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT 'FFICE.

SEYMOUR H. ROSENBERG, OF NEW HAVERUONNEOTICUT, ASSIGNORTO I. ROSENBERG &00., OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET.

S2ECIFICATION forming part off-Letters Patent No. 274,387, dated March20, 1883.

Application filed January 11, 1383. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR H. ROSEN- BERG, of New Haven, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have in- 5 vented a newImprovement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying drawing and the letters ofreference marked thereon,-

to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents a rearview.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets designedparticularly for misses wear, the object being to make the corset aconvenient and comfortable shoulder-brace; and it consists in theconstruction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited inthe" claims.

A represents one part and B the other part of the back, the two lacedtogether in the usual manner. At the upper end of each part, at theback, a strap, 0, is attached, arranged to pass over to the front,return under the arm through the loop a on the back, its end portionprovided with series of eyelets b, the strap extending across the back,so that one of said eyelets maybe engaged with an eye, d, on theopposite part of the corset.

On the hack, near the upper edge of the corset, a strap, D, is attachedto one side atthe shoulder-line, as at e, which extends across to theopposite side, where a buckle or equivalent connection, f, is attachedat the same shoulder-line on that side, and with which the strap D isengaged to draw the parts together across the shoulder blades.

The corset is placed upon the girl, the two shoulder -straps drawn overthe respective shoulders and secured in a close yet comfortable positionFor the wearer, then the strap-D back, each part constructed with astrap exteuding'from the back over the shoulder, returned under the armthrough a loop on the back, and secured at the back to the oppositepart, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described corset, laced at the back, each part constructedwith a strap extending from the back over the shoulder, returned underthe arm through a loop on the back, and secured at the back to theopposite part, combined with the strap D, attached near the upper edgeof one part at the shoulderiiue, and a buckle attached at the same pointon the opposite side, with which the said strap will engage,substantially as described.

SEYMOUR H. ROSENBERG.

Witnesses:

J 0s. (3. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

